1st Edition

Metacognition, Worldviews and Religious Education A Practical Guide for Teachers

142 Pages
by Routledge

142 Pages
by Routledge

142 Pages
by Routledge

Religious Education (RE) holds a unique place within the state education system. Yet, the teaching of RE has often been criticised for its tendency to present simplified and stereotypical representations of religions. Bringing together the theory of metacognition with RE curriculum content, this book offers a coherent and theoretically supported approach to RE and beyond that is applicable to a... Read more

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About the authors

Acknowledgements

Introduction

1 Creating a metacognitive environment

2 Meta-thinking zone

Teacher voice 1: Creating a meta-thinking zone in my RE classroom (Helen)

3 The worldview zone

Teacher voice 2: Promoting children’s views of the world (Jeanette)

4 Resources zone and lesson planning

5 A practitioner’s approach

Teacher voice 3: A teacher’s view of using the lessons (Cari)

6 The project and assessment

Teacher voice 4: Teachers’ views of being involved in the RE-flect project

7 Pupils and teachers developing metacognition

8 Conclusion

Bibliography

Index

Biography

Shirley Larkin is a Senior Lecturer in Education at the University of Exeter.

Rob Freathy is Associate Dean of the College of Social Sciences and International Studies at the University of Exeter and Professor of Education in the Graduate School of Education.

Jonathan Doney is a researcher at the University of Exeter specialising in the history and development of education policy, with a focus on Religious Education.

Giles Freathy is the Primary Initial Teacher Training Curriculum Lead for The Learning Institute at the Westcountry Schools Trust.